J.G. Finneran the industry leader in quality chromatography vials and accessories introduces the new Transfer Ring 9mm Vial for use in robotic arm autosamplers. The transfer ring allows a robotic arm to pick up the vial without having a closure on the vial.  When the transfer ring vial is used with a closure, the ring prevents over torquing (over-tightening) the closure thus providing a tight seal and eliminates any evaporation concerns....

Global chromatography syringes market is expected to reach USD 178.1 million by 2022, at a CAGR of 5.7% during the forecast period of 2017 to 2022.

The growth of this market is mainly attributed by the increasing investment and funding for life sciences research, growing use of chromatography techniques in drug approval, increased funding for chromatography technologies by regional governments, various technological advancements, and increasing investments by the major players in emerging markets....

New Sample Preparation Workflow Produces Exceptionally Clean Samples for Robust and Accurate LC and LC-MS Quantification

Pittcon offers more than 100 Short Courses to provide affordable and convenient career and educational development opportunities to attendees.

The Pittcon Short Course Committee is pleased to announce the 2018 Short Course program which runs from February 24 – March 1. Pittcon will be held February 26-March 1, in Orlando, FL, at the Orange County Convention Center....

Topics of this year's Conferee Networking sessions span a variety of topics from the discussion of specific laboratory techniques to the role of social media in science.

The Pittcon Organizing Committee recently released the topics for Conferee Networking during Pittcon 2018, which will be in Orlando, Florida, February 26-March 1.  Conferee Networking sessions provide an informal environment where participants can meet and discuss similar interests...

Thermo Fisher demonstrates dedication to advancing analytical chemistry through series of educational sessions and award sponsorship  

At the conference, Thermo Fisher announced the biannual Winter Conference Awards in Plasma Spectrochemistry. Established in 2009, and sponsored by Thermo Fisher, the awards acknowledge achievements in conceptualization and development of innovative instrumentation as well as the elucidation of fundamental events or processes involved in plasma spectrochemistry....

Calibrating a flow meter for HPLC pumping systems is best left to the experts.  Do not try it at home. But since you landed on this post, we’ll tell you how it is done by the experts. 

Experts are required to calibrate flow meters for high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC ) pumping systems because it is an exacting exercise involving a high-precision measuring instrument. We’ll explain why in a bit. But first, a brief introduction to flow meters in general....

Porvair Sciences Ltd, a leading supplier of separation and filtration technology for life science and healthcare applications, is hitting the small screen in a special showcase of its healthcare expertise.

Porvair Sciences has posted a new online video demonstrating how nitrogen blowdown evaporators offer a useful tool for removing the solvent dry-down bottleneck in LC/MS sample preparation.

In the new video the presenter demonstrates how nitrogen blowdown evaporators can quickly and easily remove most chromatographic solvents, enabling fast recovery of dry compounds and allowing re-suspension of unknown mixtures in optimised solvents for LC/MS analysis. Additionally, the video introduces Porvair Sciences complete range of MiniVap and UltraVap blowdown evaporators. Blowdown evaporators give significant throughput advantages...

The compact benchtop EZ-2 Series evaporator from Genevac has been designed to meet or exceed the solvent removal needs of most laboratory scientists.

Using the most advanced proven technology in evaporation science, the EZ-2 Series has been designed specifically for solvent removal in many areas of scientific research, whether concentration of samples or complete drying is required. For many applications an optimised EZ-2 evaporator is available to suit your solvent removal needs...

Hichrom’s 2018 training courses

With courses delivered by world-renowned experts including Mel Euerby, Mark Powell, Diane Turner and others the new 2018 Hichrom training calendar is now available! Whether you are a relative newcomer to chromatography or a seasoned veteran, you can benefit from one of our courses.

Effortless Accuracy. Consistent Results. Automation for every Laboratory

Whether it’s 5 or 500 samples, ePrep allows accurate automated sample preparation with consistent results. The Eprep suite of innovative technologies brings affordable robotic sample preparation to every laboratory. Rapid programming and simple instrument setup allows even complex Workflows to be configured in minutes....

J.G. Finneran the industry leader in quality chromatography vials and accessories offers Certified Vial Kits for your LC/MS, GC/MS, and chromatography high sensitivity applications.

Understanding the importance of using particulate free vials for sample preparation, our vials are lot tested to meet the high standards our customers require. LC Certified and Mass Spec Certified Vials are available with or without graduated marking spots. Choose from bonded PTFE/Silicone or bonded PTFE/Silicone with slit septa.....

Postnova Analytics reports that the Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology at the University of Sheffield (UK) is using their AF2000 Field Flow Fractionation system to investigate the mechanism of amyloid formation, a protein mis-folding process implicated to be the cause of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Understanding the causes of neurodegenerative diseases is a huge challenge. Outbreaks of BSE (commonly known as mad cow disease) and the rise of Alzheimer’s as a leading cause of death has meant that there is increasing pressure to find a cure....

The global market for chromatography instrumentation is expected to reach USD11.2 billion by the end of 2020, growing at a CAGR of around 6.3% from 2014 to 2021.

The rise in the investments in the field of R&D, the introduction of chromatography tests in drug approvals and advancements in the equipment of chromatography are some of the factors propelling the growth of the market....

Tecan has unveiled its latest innovation, the automated RESOLVEX™ A200 positive pressure workstation for LC-MS sample prep.

This walkaway system further expands Tecan’s portfolio of MS sample preparation workstations and smart consumables, uniquely allowing the company to provide complete solutions to match any workflow, from manual processing to semi-automated high throughput systems based on a Freedom EVO^® or Fluent^® platform....

Advanced Materials Technology have launched two new advanced LC phases for your LC separation toolbox – HALO Peptide Phenyl-Hexyl and HALO AQ-C18.

HALO 160 Å Peptide Phenyl-Hexyl – a BioClass Fused-Core HPLC/UHPLC column – is specifically designed to offer alternative selectivity to C18 and CN columns, for separations of peptides and tryptic digests. It offers excellent separation of peptide and protein digests, unique selectivity, rugged stability and excellent lot-to-lot reproducibility.

Postnova Analytics announces the launch of the EAF2000 - an innovative new simultaneous Electrical and Asymmetrical Flow Field Flow Fractionation system designed to enhance separation and characterisation of biopharmaceutical, environmental and nanomaterials.

EAF4 technology uniquely combines the principle of Electrical and Asymmetrical Flow FFF in just one system. In an EAF2000 system - Electrical and Cross Flow Fields are applied simultaneously across the FFF channel enabling separations by particle size and particle charge based on electrophoretic mobility....

Porvair Sciences has published an informative video demonstrating how to use a solid-state filter microplate to remove interfering proteins from serum, plasma or even whole blood samples prior to analysis by LC/MS

The second educational grass roots event held by The Chromatographic Society, has been hailed a great success. 

The four-day course for post-graduate students and novice chromatographers took place at the Long Mynd Hotel in Church Stretton and was delivered by renowned expert chromatographers, Professor Mel Euerby from Shimadzu, Tony Taylor from Crawford Scientific, Professor Tony Edge from Agilent and Dr Paul Ferguson from AstraZeneca....

New modular membrane chromatography solution for large-scale applications 

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, has expanded its range of single-use membrane chromatography solutions with Sartobind® Cassettes. This convenient, pod-like modular system has been developed....

Enhancements to Thermo Scientific Orbitrap GC-MS Systems offer users unprecedented depth for comprehensive compound characterization

Updated with new capabilities in high resolution accurate mass (HRAM) GC-MS, the Thermo Scientific Orbitrap GC-MS systems now give users across metabolomics, food safety, environmental, pharma and toxicology applications high levels of accuracy in their data....